Browne plays for Skyline which is the same school that the #1 prospect Jake Heaps graduated from a couple years ago. So far Browne is outpacing heaps statistically and is likely going to be a much better player.

Time will tell but Max Browne is a great QB and it would not surprise me if he is the #1QB recruit in the nation when all is said and done... At recent camps (even UW) he was rumored to be better than Jeff Lindquist and Cyler Miles who are a class ahead of him.

One never wants in-state talent to leave, especially the 5*s. Having said that, his presumed departure is hurting most fans a lot less than Banner, Garnett, Russell and Dozier from this year.

It hurts to miss out on elite QBs, but UW has some great young talent at the position so the loss hurts less. And UW recruited him well, but it seems as though he was dead set on leaving the state from the get-go. Hard to fault a kid for wanting to broaden their horizons a bit...

One never wants in-state talent to leave, especially the 5*s. Having said that, his presumed departure is hurting most fans a lot less than Banner, Garnett, Russell and Dozier from this year.

It hurts to miss out on elite QBs, but UW has some great young talent at the position so the loss hurts less. And UW recruited him well, but it seems as though he was dead set on leaving the state from the get-go. Hard to fault a kid for wanting to broaden their horizons a bit...

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It seems like the West suffers more from this than the East, especially the Southeast.

It seems like the West suffers more from this than the East, especially the Southeast.

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A fair amount of kids in the Southeast go out of state for school, they just traditionally don't have much reason to go out of the region when you've got numerous powerhouses to choose from. In terms of demographics, though, the Southeast is right behind the West as the region with the most transients -- there has been a massive influx of people from the Northeast/Midwest into Florida (Miami, Tampa, Orlando etc), Georgia (mainly Atlanta metro), North Carolina (mainly Charlotte and Raleigh Triangle) and Virginia (mainly Northern Virginia). Seems like we're starting to see an increase in kids from the Southeast going out of the region. For instance, Stanford has already gained verbals from two of VA's top prospects for 2013.